Improvement in flaming-machines



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JOSEPH H. DRAPER, OF MOORESVILLE, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 85,648, (lated January 5, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PLANING-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpat of the same.

To all 'whom it may concern Beit known that I, JOSEPH H. DRAPER, of Mooresville, in the county of Morgan, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Combined Flooring, Sticking or Moulding, and Siding-'Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description thereof, that will enable skilled artisans to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of ret'- erence marked thereon, making part of this specifican'on.

My invention consists in making a part of the table that supports the lumber in its passage through the machine, and in'front of the cutter-heads or matcherheads, adjustable; also in the manner of adjusting the table of the moulding-cutter heads, so thatby the construction the table is adjusted at any desired height, and irinly heldin place.

Figure l is a front elevation of the machine;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation;

Figure 3 is a plan or top view of the same; and

Figure 4 -is a cross-section of the adj Listing-devices of the moulding-table.

Similar'lette'sofreterence indicate like parts -in thc several figures.

A is the frame-work of the machine, to which all the other parts are attached.

The flooring-machine consists of the bed or 0uideplate l, attached to the rear top rail ot' the frame; the` adjustable arm C, in which the tongueing-head c is hung; the grooving-head ou the same shaft with the sticker or moulding-bits D; the feed-rolls i i., with their tension-device; and the requisite pulleys and belts for .driving the cutter-heads andteed-rollers, which will be hereaiter described.

The board runs through the homing-machine on;

edge, and the liauge ot' the guide-plate l, upon which the edge of the board rests, ismade so that the edge ofthe board rests upon it, both before and behind the cutter-heads, as it passes through the machine, the rear portion of the llange being raised to compensate for the portion of theI edge of the board that is cut awa-y by the grooving-head af, on the under side.

The upper or tongueing-head, c, is hung in the adjustable arm (l, so that it may be adapted to boards of various widths.

lhe arm C is adj usted by means of the screw O, and is held in position by a set-screw, through the slotted plate k.' j

'.Lhe grooving-head a islixed upon the same shaft with the sticker or moulding-head D, and is driven by the same belt.

The board is held irmly'doyvn upon the liange of the guide-plate B by the springs fr lr, and is fed through the machine by the feed-rolls i t'.

That partei' the iiange L, of guide-table B, that is 'in ont of the matcher-heads, s made adjustable, so

that it is always as much lower, or out of line with the fixed part ofthe flange after passing the matcher-heads,

as the board is wider before heilig matched than it is after it is matched and brought to a width, and is made so by means of the slotted plates L L with the holding-screws Z n'forking in slots l, so that the adjustable flange L can be adjusted to any desired position, with relation to the matcher-heads and the stationary part of iiange L"..

` The tension of t-he feed-rolls is regulated by the spring-lever N, one end of which catches in a hooked rod, attached to the middle ot' a cross-rod or bar, the ends of which rest aga-inst the upper, journals of the feed-roll shafts, the other end of the spring-lever being held at any required tension by the notched bar p that holds it.

The upper journals of the feed-roll shafts run inslotted bearings in the usual manner.

It will be seen that the position of the flooring cutter-heads, in the upper part of the machine, is such as to render them easy of access for the purpose of adjusting or removing the bits.

The sticker or moulding-portion of the machine is made in the usual manner, D being-thc cutterJiead, and 2 2 the feed-rolls 5 the only difference iii the construction here shown, and that in common use, being in the adjustable table on which the lumber rests.

The. stock E, or upright to which the table F is attached, has a. groove at thc back to receive a tongue, M, on the upright bar or post G, to which it is attached, and on which it slides vertically as a guide.

The table is adjusted by means of a screw, S, on the top of which the -lower end ofthe stock rests.

A setscre v, through a slot iu the stock E, secures the table in position'.

The siding or resawing-machine, for sawing weatherboarding with one thick and one thin edge, consists simply of thc saw H, set at the proper inclination, using the same guide-plate, B, and feed-rolls, 'i f, as the tlooring-machine.

\Vhen resawing boards into siding, the flooring-bits may be removed, and square-edged bits put in their stead, for the purpose of dressing the edges of the bo'ard as it runs through the machine.

\Vhen using the flooring-machine, the saw H is to be removed.

Power, to drive the machine is applied to pulley I, on the same shaft with which are pulleys J P S V.

Pulley J. belts toa counter-shaft, at the opposite end ot' the machine, from which belts drive the feed-rolls of both the flooring and sticking-machines.

Pulley P belts to the'sticker-cutter-head shaft, on which is also the grooviug-head of the iiooring-ma chine.

Pulley S belts to the tongueiug-head a, hung in the adjustable arm O; and

Pulley V belts to the saw-mandrel.

emga 2 It will be seen that the arrangement of the machine when arranged to be adjusted in the manner and by is such as to employ belts of considerable length, wherethe means for the purpose described. by the parts running at high speed are actuated wit-l1 2. The combination of the upright stock E with greater certainty', and with lessliabilityto slip, and not groove and slot y, guide M, screw S, nuts b d, with requiring to be so tight as short belts, are less liable to the holding screw j, and table F, all arranged to heat the journals. operate together, for the purpose substantially as de- Having thus fully described my invention, scribed. What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let- Witnesses: JOSEPH H. DRAPER. ters Patent, isl I WM. H. WEEKS,

1. The adjustable part, L, of the table or guide' B, O. F. MAYHEW. 

